Fans of BBC show Race Across The World are calling the end of the series a 'fix'.
Viewers have accused producers of bribing people into providing lifts for contestants after a pair were robbed of a 14-hour head start.
The third series has been coated in controversy as this time, the Race Across The World was confined to just Canada and many of the contestants relied on taxis or the same public transport as one another.
On Wednesday night the winner of the BBC show was revealed. However, some viewers are saying the final episode was a little suspicious in places as they raced across Newfoundland reports Yorkshire Live.
Fans saw Tricia and Cathie win the third series and many called the duo 'absolute legends' as they reached the final destination, the lighthouse at Spear Point before Monique and Ladi and Zainib and Mobeen.
But others said that the pair were helped by producers and gifted a free lift earlier on in the episode.
Throughout the episode, we saw the couple given a place to stay for the night by people who told them they wouldn't be able to drive them.
The following morning, the couple changed their tune and offered to take them to St John's, which was very close to the final checkpoint- which helped their strategy, which was to get the shorter, earlier ferry - and ultimately that helped them win the £20,000 grand prize.
One viewer even went as far as mentioning the word 'bribery' from producers, though it seems unlikely.
@girlgottadoo said: "Oh how convenient. Sorry but this show is so fixed it’s blatant now."
@kevmills14 said: "# RaceAcrossTheWorld another last minute fluke...."
@chrisb99uk said: "Wow these producers are persuasive. Got them a room now"
@davidmackayy said: "Have the producers bribed that couple who previously wouldn’t take them? What’s changed their mind?? #raceacrosstheworld".
It came after Zainib and Mobeen were robbed of their 14-hour lead at the very start of the episode by being 'released' in the evening - which meant they immediately had to find a place to stay for the night as they had no way to travel that late on in the day.
@mrKlawUK said: "#RaceAcrossTheWorld is doing my head in. Two episodes in a row where Zainib and Mobeen had 12+hr leads but had to start at night and immediately end up stuck and paying for a hotel so losing their lead and money."
@soul_sniper65 said: "Somehow the 14 hour lead will be wiped out for dramatic effect."
@airwavey said: "Zainib & Mobeen's 14 hour advantage wiped out by the stupid time they were set free."
@onelifee3 said: "There goes their lead."
@stvitusdance said: "I'm confused How did they get in the lead with Zainib and Mobeen 14 hours ahead??"
@charliclement said: "So annoying how often the lead has been lost by way of them having to set off at night!!"
@stattosi said: "So all the talk of 10, 14 hours lead and they'll all end up on the same bus, race becomes a dead heat then #RaceAcrossTheWorld."
@hasanutd6 said: "This hasn’t been a good series, boring and hardly any excitement. All I remember from this series is catching a bus a day later and losing your lead #RATW #RaceAcrossTheWorld."
But many others were thrilled for Tricia and Cathy all the same - with some viewers also praising the generous helpfulness of Canadians and the breathtaking scenery of Canada itself.
@hathorsdaughter said: "I'm so happy for Tricia and Cathy. Well done you absolute legends."
@amyjoanne_ said: "Oh my god go on Tricia and Cathie!! Such lovely people #RaceAcrossTheWorld"
@nikkiaboleyn said: "Ah really? Out of them all this is the couple i least wanted to win. #RaceAcrossTheWorld"
@minimars73 said: "I really didn't mind who won but Trish & Kathy were so deserving. Well done ladies #RaceAcrossTheWorld"
@itshannahxoxo said: "Would of loved monique and ladi to win #raceacrosstheworld"
Do you think you could Race Across The World? Apply for series 4 here.
Race Across the World: The Reunion airs at 10:40pm on BBC One, with previous episodes available on BBC iPlayer.
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